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Lord My Chef Daily Recipe for Soul by Fr. Nicanor F. Lalog II Tuesday, Twenty-Second Week in Ordinary Time, Year II World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation, 01 September 2026 Wisdom 13:1-9 ><}}}}*> Colossians 1:15-20 ><}}}}*> Matthew 8:23-27
Thank you dear God for this brand new month of September when we dedicate its first day as prescribed by Pope Francis to be a World Day of Prayer for Care of Creation: how timely on this first of September 2026 we are still reeling from the devastations of many natural calamities not only here in the Philippines but from throughout the world - from the powerful earthquake in Colombia to the catastrophic collapse of glaciers in the Himalayas that swept entire villages in Nepal, Tibet, and China where thousands are still missing while death tolls continue to rise.
World climate is indeed changing but still many refuse to believe it, refusing to change lifestyles as told by Pope Francis in "Laudato Si" in order to curb our consumption to lessen adverse impact to the environment; worst of all is how men and women especially those in our government are deeply into shameless corruption destroying nature, altering its flow that turned calamity into criminality leading to losses in lives and properties as well as thousands of productive hours; indeed, many people worship money, seeing nature more as a source of wealth without recognizing you as its Creator:
For all men were by nature foolish who were in ignorance of God, and who from the good things seen did not succeed in knowing him who is, and from studying the works did not discern the artisan… But doomed are they, and in dead things are their hopes, who termed gods things made by human hands (Wisdom 13:1, 10).
Let us care for your creation, Lord for it is actually caring for ourselves and for one another; we only have one home we call Earth you have entrusted to us; for many years, nature have taken cared of all our needs but offered it no care at all; let us realize that this Earth and everything in it is a reflection of your goodness and love for us with Jesus Christ's coming, "in him all things hold together" (Colossians 1:17); let us find, dear God, in every beauty of nature your majesty and mercy so we may be kinder not only with your Creation but especially with one another through Jesus your Son who alone can restore order in this nature we have so destroyed due to our greed and selfishness; let us not only pray to care for Creation but most especially find Christ in every storm in life so we may care most of all for one another in whom we find you dear God who loves us immensely. Amen.
